"Your plane is on time but ours is delayed."

Translation: Votre avion est à l'heure mais le nôtre est en retard.

[Hannahgeb]

What is the difference between 'notre' et 'nôtre'?

[choracavaco]

"Notre" acts as an adjective: "notre maison" = 'our house'; "nôtre" is a stand-alone pronoun, it replaces the noun: "cette maison est la nôtre" = 'this house is ours'.

[Tim333130]

choravaco. Thank you. That's a nice clear explanation.

[MarthaLind2]

Is there a way to know when to use "votre avion" instead of "ton avion"? Ton was marked wrong.

[Lorinda1228]

I would venture to say there was a mistake elsewhere in your response...maybe you used notre instead of nôtre.

[philmorse]

why is le notre est retarde wrong?

[Lorinda1228]

Hi philmorse, I found choracaraco’s comment helpful:
"Notre" acts as an adjective: "notre maison" = 'our house'; "nôtre" is a stand-alone pronoun, it replaces the noun: "cette maison est la nôtre" = 'this house is ours'.